Service Activity
Understanding our interests and how we may serve others
can build motivation and purpose! In this social emotional
learning activity, children will reflect on how community
service makes us better people. Then they will complete a
service survey to gain a better understanding of their
interests, gifts, and their potential role as a service worker in
their community. Designed for second and third graders, this
service activity can help children build social and selfawareness, as well as important problem-solving skills.
What you need:
"Educational Video on Community Service for Kids"
(YouTube)
Service Survey worksheet
What you do:
1. Ask your child, "How can serving others make us better
people?"
2. Show the video "Educational Video on Community Service for Kids."
3. As they watch the video, have them take notes about how serving others can make us better people. Encourage your child to
take notes in ways that they will remember best (keywords or drawing).
4. After watching the video, ask your child, "How do you think you would you like to serve in your school or community?"
5. Ask, "How would you like to serve when you get older? What career would you like to follow that may be connected to service?"
6. Review the Service Survey worksheet with your child and support them in completing it. As they complete the activity, see if you
learn anything new about your child. As they share their interests, provide guidance on some fun and informative ways they may
contribute to their community now or in the future. Share about the ways you served while growing up (as well as now) and what
you learned!
Author: Meena Srinivasan
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